In the South

[faraway]

I just went back and reviewed the journey your layout has taken. Only by paying careful attention to the track work could one guess that what you have now is the same basic layout ...

....... simply amazing!

You are right. I did not change the track layout since June 2009 (That was when I had to restart all over because the entire flat was reworked). Only two stub tracks got moved by 1". I like it very much to work on a layout without having the trouble of track laying, wiring, no running trains for weeks etc. You may say my layout is under constant evolution but no revolution/rebuild from scratch
However, the need for a complete rebuild is growing every day a little bit and some morning I will wake up and it has become an urgent requirement. But in the mean time I have the benefit of working on a layout and having an operational layout at the same time.